Corn husker



May 14, 1935. A. NLJTTELMAN Y CORN HUSKER Filed NOV. 28. 1953 NuZe/man Patented May 14, 1935 UNITE STATES ATEN'T OFFICE y CORN HUSKER Y Arthur Nuttelman, West Salem, Wis. Application November 28, 1933,*Serial 700,122

` 5 claims. (o1. 13o-5) 1 This invention relates to agricultural implements and more particularly to acorn husker and one object of the invention.v is to provide an attachment which can be readily applied to 5 a corn husker of conventional construction and serve to hold earsof corn'in proper engagement with husking rollers as they pass along the rollers during a husking operation.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that a plate forming a portion thereof will be urged towards the rollers and apply sufcient pressure to hold the ears of corn in operative relation to the rollers and thereby insure thorough removal of the husks even in very dry weather. Y Another object of the Vinvention is to permit the plate to have yielding movement towards and away from the rollers and thereby not only apply the desired pressure to the ears of corn but also accommodate itself to ears whichare somewhat larger or smaller than the general run of ears being passed through the husking lmachine. y Y

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means for mounting the attachment and permitting adjustment of the plate in order to dispose it in determined normal spaced relation to the husking rollers of vthe husking machine. Y

Another object of the invention is to limit movement of the plate vtowards the rollers and thereby prevent direct contact of the plate with the rollers and permit ears of corn to` easily pass from between the plate and rollers.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation showing the improved attachment mounted in operative relation to rollers of a corn husker.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment.

This improved attachment is for use upon a corn husker of conventional construction including the usual husking rollers l which extend longitudinally or" the machine at a downward incline and are disposed in side by side relation to each other. Side walls 3 of the machine are located at opposite sides of the bank of rollers and from these walls extend downwardly converging plates i having their lower marginal portions in close proximity to thebank of rollers. Other portions of the Vmachine havelnot been shown as they are of conventional construction and it isgto be understood that when the. machine is in operation ears Yof corn pass along the rollers from their upper ends towards their lower ends and the husks are caught between pairs of rollers and torn from the ears.

The attachment is constructed as shown in Fig. 3 and includes a plate 5 of rexible sheet metal which is. preferably galvanized and of sufcient Vresiliency to normally remain flat. From the upper end ofl this plat extends a sheet metal lip of greater thickness than the plate jand sufciently thick to y retain its shape. This upwardly curved lip constitutes a guide for directingY ears of corn between the pressure plate -5 and the rollers and hasits upper portion rolled about a rod IA serving as a pivot. End portions of lthe rod project from opposite edges c f the lip andv are engaged through bearing brackets 8 which are secured to the plates 4 by bolts 9, and it should be noted that the said end portions, which are offset to form a crank shaft of 'the rod, engage through openings inthe side walls 3, and one is bent to form a handle I0 whereby the shaft 'l may be turned to vertically adjust the pressure plate and be then secured in a set position hyengaging the bill l0 through a selected opening formed in a wall 3.

Since the plate 5'is formed separate from the lip 6 and must be secured thereto, there have been provided bolts Il and l2 which pass up- N wardly through overlapped'portions of the plate and lip and, in addition to securing the plate Aand lip to each other, also serve to .hold a bracket I3 upon the plate. This bracket extends transversely of the plateV at the upper end thereof and at its ends is provided with upstanding arms I4 and l5, the arms l5 being separate from the bracket when first formed and secured upon the bracket bythe bolts ll. A metal block I6, constituting a weight, rests upon the bracketl intermediate the arms l5 where it is secured by the bolt I2 and serves to impart downward movement to the plate. Other weights Il, which may be referred toas tensionA weights .and are in the form oi collars, are mounted upon rods i8 extendingV longitudinally of the plate 5, above the same and theserods'have' their upper ends pivotally mounted between the ears Hl and I5' of the bracket by bolts lll while their lower ends are formed with eyes Zll` through which extend stems 2|. The stems are in the form of elongated bolts extending upwardly through the plate 5 and through a Akcross bar 22. Nuts 23 carried bythe stems holdv the cross bar rmly in place againstthe plate 5 and this bar is of such length that its end 'portions project from oppositeside edges of the plate to form arms Zwhich, engage the plates 4 and limit downward movement of the'pressure plate 5. Therefore, the pressure' plate cannot move closer to the Vrollers than'shown in Fig.`2 and an ear of corn can easily pass from between the rollers and the pressure plate. 'Compression springs 25 yieldablyV retain the' rods andjplatein normal spaced vided a shaft 21 extending transversely of the,`

plate above the rods I8.` This shaft is journaled through openings formed in the side walls A 3 of the husking machine and has onev end portion bent to form a handle 28 and finger` 29, and by referring to Figs. l and 2' it will be'f'seen that by-` grasping the handle the shaft can be shifted longitudinally, then turned to swing its arm 30 vertically, and again shifted longitudinally to its original position in which the finger engages through one of the series of openings 3| and securesY the shaft against rotationwith the arm in a set position. An expansion spring'32 has one end` engagedwith the arm 3D and its other end engaged with the arm` 33 -of a rod or yoke 34 Vextending transversely o f the rods I8 with its ends engagedthrough eyes-35 which in their turnV are fastened to the weights I1 by bolts 35, said spring constituting a yieldingconnection between the shaft 21 and the rods I8. By turning the shaft to swing the arm to an adjustedV position and again securing the shaft, the tension of the' spring 32 can be regulated and movement o f the lplate 5, relative `to the rollers, controlled andalso the plate' caused to be supported'in desire) initial spaced relation to the rollers. o

When this device is in use it is'mounted as shown and may extend the full length of the bank of rollers or for only "a portion of the length thereof. The ears of corn move along the rollers from .the4 upper" ends toward the lower ends thereof fand as they engage the curved lip16 they will'be guided vbetween the rollers and plate 5;` Shafts 1 iand 21 are adjusted to set the plate 5 the proper distance above the rollers to accommodate earsY of the average size to be -huskedv butas the liphis pivotally mounted at itsupper end'and the pressure plate is 'supported Vby thepspring 32 1 the plate may accommodatelitself to ears which are larger or smaller thanA `the average. Asv the ears pass along therolle'rs under the pressure plate,` pressure exerted by'the springs 25 will cause the plate to hold the ears rmly against the rollers and as the rollers rotate husks will be caught between the rollers and torn from the ears. Therefore, a veryeiiicient Yhusking operation will takej place even in very dry' weather. The fact that the plate `5 is "flexible and the springs 25 arespaced `from eachother transversely thereof permits the plate to'have suicient give to apply pressure to all ears passing under it even if the ears are not all of the same size.Y The weights cause: thel device to normally remain iii the position shown in Fig. 1 and the tongues 24,' limit movement of the plate towards the rollers. v" f Having thus described thefinvention, what is claimed is. a j p l. Ina corn husker, a bank ofy husking rollers, a nat plate of relatively flexible'material Aover said rollers, a lip of stii materialextending from one end of said plate and curved.` upwardly, means engaged with the upper` edge of the lip for Vpivotally supporting and vertically adjusting the same and means for yieldably supporting the lower end portion of said plate a predetermined distance above said rollers, and means to yieldably resist movement of the plate away from said rollers.

2. Ina corn husker, husking rollers, a flexible platevover said rollers, alip at one end of said plate to guide ears ofl corn between the plate and rollers, rods extending longitudinally of said plate above the same, a shaft extending transversely of said plate above said rods, said shaft having an arm intermediate its lengthand being rotatablyniounted, a spring depending from said arm, a yoke at the lower end of said spring connected with said rodsto support the plate, means to -releasablysecure the shaft against rotation and cause the spring to be tensioned and the plate `to be supported-1in ydetermined spaced Y relation to said rollers, and springsbetween the rods and plate yieldably resisting'movement of said plate awayfrom said rollers. Y

3. In a corn huskergza bank -of husking rollers,

a flexible plate over'i said rollers having-'a stiff lip at its upperv end, the lip being curved' upwardly away from said plate andY pivotally mounted` at its upper end, brackets rising'from said plate adjacent the upper end thereof, rods pivoted to said brackets and extending Y,longitudinally of the plate, compression springs b etween theplateandfree ends of said rods, va cross bar, weights upon said rods engaged by ends of said cross bar, an adjustingv shaft extending transversely of said plate over said rods and rotatably mounted, arms extending radially from the adjusting shaft and cross bar, and an expansion spring connected at its ends to'said arms and constituting ayieldable connection between the adjusting shaft and cross bar; Y 4. Ina corn'husker,v a bank of husking rollers, a flexible plate over said rollers extending longitudinally thereof and having an 'upwardly curved lip`at one end pivotally mounted atY its upper end, a shaft extending transversely of said rollers and rotatably mounted above said plate, said shaft having an arm intermediate its length and having means at one end forv releasably securing the shaft against rotation,

brackets rising from said plate adjacent-the curved lip, rods extending longitudinally of said plate Vand pivotedatfone end to said brackets, the other Aends of said rods'beingiprovided with eyes, tongues projecting from saidplate at sidesA thereof to limitY movement of the plate towards said rollers, stems rising`v from v said plate and engaged through said eyes, compression springs about said stems between the eyes andiplate and yieldably resisting movement of Vplate and extending longitudinally thereof, bolts fixed in and rising fromA the'plate near the f ree end thereof and passing vertically through the vfree ends of the rods, means to retain the bolts in the rods,'a yieldable support` for the free ends of the rods, and springs retained by, the bolts between the rods and the plate to yieldably resist movement of the plate from the'frollers. 1

ARTHUR NUTTELMAN. 

